Avanquest wants to get on the Whiteside of VARs

Firm appoints Andy Whiteside to further develop its channel strategy

Hybrid distributor and software developer Avanquest UK has appointed Andy Whiteside to join its corporate sales team.

Whiteside's remit is to develop the channel for Avanquest’s range of business solutions, particularly unified communications.

Chris Thompson, managing director of Avanquest, said “We are delighted that Andy has agreed to join the Avanquest Solutions team. Andy’s expertise in the voice processing industry will be a real asset to our growing team and help us to improve on the already impressive business growth we achieved during 2005.”

Since the early 90s, Andy has worked in both corporate and channel environments, particularly with voice & data processing technology, such as unified communications, voice processing, and dictation solutions with an exposure to IP telephony products.

Whiteside said: “The unified communications arena is at a very exciting stage in its development; products are now able to make a huge difference to employee working practises. Choice is now a reality and the individual decides how best to use the technology available, dependant on which device they prefer.”

“Avanquest have married best of breed technology with the necessary skills and foresight to produce truly workable, leading edge and cost effective solutions for all types of organisations. I'm looking forward to new challenges and helping build channel relationships," he added.